Baling-press.



No. 766,557. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

' H. J. UHLENKOTT.

BALING PRESS.

H O M 0 D E L 2 B H E B T S S H E E T 1.

No. 766,557. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. H. J. UHLENKOTT.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.12. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,557, dated August 2, 1904,

Application filed September 12, 1903. Serial 110,172,961. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN J. UHLENKOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenterville, in the county of Idaho and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in presses for bundling shingles; and the object is to provide a simplified and improved machine for the purpose which will be strong and eflicient in operation and which will accomplish the work expeditiously.

\Vith these objects in view the improvements consist in the novel construction of parts and their aggroupment in operative combination, as will be hereinafter fully specified and the novelty asserted be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

1 have fully and clearly illustrated my in1- provements in the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of this specification, and reference to which being had-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a transverse elevation, partly in crosssection, showing lever and screw mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation, partly in crosssection, of a modified construction wherein racks and pinions are substituted for the levers shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A strong supporting-frame is provided comprising corner-uprights 1, 2, 3, and 4, disposed at such distances apart as to suit the size of the structure. The corner-uprights are firmly connected by upper and lower side rails 5 6 7 8, the rails 5 and 7 having their ends fixed at the upper ends of the uprights, substantially as shown. Cross rails or bars 9 1O connect the uprights to brace the frame. To the upper ends of the uprights 1, 2, 3, and 4 are hinged short posts 11 of the same material and size as said uprights. To posts 11 are attached plates or boards 12 for the purpose of keeping even the butts of the shingles during the process of baling or packing. 11 and 12 are hinged so that they may be opened and dropped down out of the way to permit of the finished bundle or bale being withdrawn from the baler.

, with a like space between them.

13 14: designate two substantial bars arranged across the frame parallel with each other with a suitable space between them and having their ends fastened to the lower side rails 6 and 8. The upper side rails 5 and 7 are also connected by two cross-bars 15 16, arranged parallel with each other and in vertical alinement with the lower bars 13 1 k and The spaces between these cross-bars constitute guides for the clamping-bars.

1T 18 designate the clampingbars, arranged slidably in the spaces between the two sets of cross-bars, as seen in the drawings, and having their upper ends turned inward to horizontal position, as at 19, to reach over and bear down on the bundle in the compressing operation. Midway of the length of the clamping-bars are secured the ends of preferably duplicate cross-bars 20, formed or provided at their middle portions with a plate 21, having a vertical central threaded hole in it to take the vertical lifting or actuating screw 22, which has its upper end swiveled in a plate 23, secured centrally to the under faces of the bars 15 16, and has its lower end journaled in any suitable bearing fixed to the bars 13 1st. At the lower end of the screw 22 is mounted a bevel-pinion 24, and meshing with the bevel-pinion 21 is the driving pinion 25 on the shaft 26, which extendshorizontally to a point beyond one end of the frame and is journaled in a bearing 27, supported on a cross-bar 28. The outer end of this shaft is provided with a crank-handle 29, whereby the shaft is rotated. The inner end of the shaft 26 journals in a sleeve 80, formed on an arm 31, formed also with a vertical sleeve 32, in which the screw 22 also journals. To the cross-bars 20 are pivotally secured the lower ends of links 33 3 L, the upper ends of which are connected to the ends of crossed levers 35 36, fulcrumed between the crossbars 15 16, and the upper arms of which extend well toward the ends of the space between the said bars. It will now be perceived that when the screw is turned to raise the cross-bar 20 the arms of the crossed levers will be lowered and the clamping rods or bars will be moved vertically and that on the reverse movement of the screwthat is, which moves the cross-bar 2O downthe clampingbars will descend and the arms of the crossed levers will swing upward.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the frame and the screw mechanism are identical to those parts seen in Figs. 1 and 2; but the clamping-bars l7 and 18 are provided with racks a on their inner faces extending for a suitable distance, and at the ends of one or the other of the cross-bars l5 and 16-say, the latter one, as indicatedare journaled pinions (0 with which said racks engage, and said pinions also engage with the teeth of vertically-movable rack-bars 6, which are held in position by means of rollers 0, mounted on the cross-bar 16, as shown. The operation of this embodiment will be fully understood; but it may be said that when the screw is operated to raise the bars 20 the clamping-bars will be raised therewith, While the pinions a will cause the rack-bars Z) to descend, and that on the reverse operation of said screw the reverse will be the operation of the said clamping and rack bars.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a shingle-bundling machine, the combination with a suitable supporting-frame, of vertically-reciprocable clamping-bars to engage the top of the bundle, cross-bars connecting said clamping-bars, levers fulcrumed in the frame to engage under the bundle, and connected to the cross-bars and a screw to operate the cross-bars and actuatethe levers and the clamping-bars.

2. In a shingle-bundling machine, the combination with a suitable supporting frame, of upper and lower stationary cross-bars secured on the frame with guide-spaces between them, vertically reciprocable clamping bars arranged in the spaces between the cross-bars, cross-bars connecting the clamping-bars, levers fulcrumed to the upper stationary crossbars and to the said connecting cross-bars between the vertical clamping-bars, a screw to raise and lower the said connecting-bars, and means to turn the screw in either direction.

3. In a shingle-bundling machine, the combination with a suitable supporting-frame, of upper and lower stationary cross-bars secured on the frame with guide-spaces between them, vertically reciprocable clamping bars arranged in the spaces between the cross-bars, cross-bars connecting the clamping-bars, links connected to the connecting crossbars,crossed levers fulcrumed between the upper stationary cross-bars, and having their lower ends connected to the links, a vertical screw held between the said upper and lower stationary cross-bars and threaded through the connecting cross-bars, a bevel-pinion on the screw, a horizontal shaft journaled on the frame, and a pinion on its inner end in mesh with the pinion on the screw.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN J. UHLENKOTT.

Witnesses:

J. E. SMITH, POWELL GIBsoN. 

